Medical Assistance in Dying

In their report, the authors acknowledge the need to support staff members who are involved in MAiD.2 As a large Canadian academic center, the Ottawa Hospital developed a Resiliency Program with the implementation of MAiD. [...]confronting one's mortality with a health care professional who is knowledgeable about existential anxiety offers opportunities to live more deeply at the end of life.3 Unfortunately, Li et al. report that only 52% of the patients who were assessed for MAiD received specialized psychosocial care, which may or may not have addressed existential concerns. New York:Basic Books, 1980. Since publication of their article, the authors report no further potential conflict of interest. 1..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:377

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 377(2017), 9, Seite 896

Sprache:

Englisch

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BKL:

44.60

44.00

Themen:

Assisted suicide
Death & dying
Medicine
Mental health
Patients

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RVK Klassifikation

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1998015742